Pulmonary Vein Varix

A pulmonary vein varix is rare. They are either congenital or due to acquired pulmonary venus hypertension. The location adjacent to the heart, where the pulmonary vein enters the heart in a patient with pulmonary venous hypertension, should suggest the diagnosis which is confirmed by angiography or CT with intravenous contrast material. Most patients have mitral insufficiency.

References:

  1. Bevfield, et al, Chest 59:101, 1971.
  2. Beamish, Radiology 28:136, 1972.